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Wednesday, September 21, 1994 — The Allen American — Page 3A
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■ State Drive, 100 block
south — a convenience-store clerk
reported that someone pumped $12
worth of gas and left without paying
block south — a resident was intoxication. Friday. n 10051
arrested on a charge of possessing • Irvine, 1200 block —a home A State Drive, 100 block — a
alcohol as a minor Saturday. builder reported $1,400 worth of de- Plano resident was arrested Monday
■ Bethany Drive, 500 block eking taken from a home Thursday on a charge of public intoxication,
east — a resident reported checks night or Friday morning. ■ Sunflower Drive, 1500
taken from a desk in her living room • Jupiter Road, 1500 block block — a resident reported a $489
Saturday. south — a resident was arrested mobile phone, a $75 phone battery
■ Brentwood Court, 100 Saturday on a Dallas warrant charg- and $200 worth of cassettes taken
block — a home builder reported ing him with assault. from his car Thursday night or Fri-
two $275 microwave ovens taken • Lake Highlands Drive, 900 day morning.
from cabinet mountings in two block — a resident reported a $50 ■ Sycamore Creek Road, 300
tomes Thursday night or Friday trash can taken from a rear driveway block — a resident reported that he
morning. Sunday, was assaulted by people he knew
■ Cumberland Drive, 500 • Main Street, 600 block east early Sunday.
block — a resident was arrested —a resident was arrested Friday on • Timbercreek Drive, 1300
Thursday on a warrant charging him a charge of public intoxication. block — a resident reported $150
with lack of registration. ■ Meadow Mead Drive, 700 worth of damage to her front door
■ Federal, 200 block — a block — a resident reported receiv- believed to have been caused by
Royce City resident was arrested ing harassing telephone calls Friday someone trying to enter her home
Monday on a Dallas warrant charg- and Saturday. Thursday.
ing him with speeding. ■ Roaming Road Drive, 900 • U.S. Highway 75 at Ridge-
■ Greenville Avenue, 600 block — a resident reported $50 view Drive — a McKinney resi-
@lock south — a First United worth of damage to his front door dent was arrested Friday on a
Methodist Church employee re- believed to be caused by someone charge of public intoxication.
ported money taken from an office trying to pry the door loose Friday. • U.S. Highway 75 south of
area in the church Thursday night or • Rush Creek Drive, 700 Rowlett Road — a Dallas resident
Friday morning. block — a resident reported $25 was arrested Sunday on an Arlington
■ Greeting Gate Lane, 200 worth of damage to the molding of a warrant charging him with failing to
block — a resident reported $325 front-door window believed to be wear a seat belt.
taken from his wallet by someone he caused when by someone striking • White Oak Street, 600
knew Sunday. the door Sunday. block — a resident reported a $111,
■ Harris, 600 block — a Gar- girls’, 12-speed bicycle taken from
land man was arrested Sunday on a • State Drive 100 block his front yard between Sept. 14 and
Dallas warrant charging him with south a convenience-store em- Friday.
ployee reported that someone ■ Willow Oak Street at Jupi-
"Heritage Parkway at pumped $15.16 worth of gas and terRoad— a resident was arrested
Bethany Drive a resident was drove away without paying for it Thursday on a Collin County warrant
arrested Friday on a charge of public Sunday. - charging her with theft by check.
Of the 165 calls received between
Friday and Tuesday, these reports
were filed:
A ■ Allen Heights Drive, 700
Police Reports
Wednesday
■The Allen Rotary Club
meets at noon at St. Jude Catholic
Church. For more information,
call Steve Terrell at 727-2721.
■The Allen Chapter of
Alcoholics Anonymous meets
at 6:30 p.m. For more informa-
tion, call 727-8343.
■ The Collin County
Humane Society meets at 7:30
p.m. at 301 W. Louisiana in
McKinney. For more informa-
tion, call 562-7387.
■Collin County Mental
Health Mental Retardation
Family Support Services will
sponsor a free, open-forum,
brown-bag luncheon from noon to
1:30 p.m. at 3920 Alma Drive in
Plano.
■ Concerned Women for
Community Calendar America meets at First Christ-
ian Church, 101 N. Allen Drive.
For more information, call Debra
Schmidt at 727-4700.
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Fraud against the elderly
may have greater penalty
AUSTIN — Increasing the penal-
ties for fraud against the elderly was
one resolution that the Texas Silver-
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at TaMolli’s restaurant. For more
information, call Ron Johnson at
612-2241.
■The Dallas Area Parkin-
sonism Society offers a free ex-
ercise class at 1:30 p.m. at Plano
Rehabilitation Hospital. For more
information, call Donna at 562-
2352.
■The Town of Fairview
Planning and Zoning Com-
mission meets at 7:30 p.m. at
Fairview Town Hall.
Saturday
■ The Fairview Volunteer
Fire Department meets at 7:30
p.m. at Fairview Town Hall.
■ Free prostate screenings
will be available between 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m. in the outpatient
surgery unit of HCA Medical
Center of Plano, 3901W. 15th St.
Tuesday
■The Collin McKinney
chapter of the Daughters of
the Republic of Texas meets
at 7:30 p.m. at the Haggard Lib-
rary in Plano. For more informa-
tion, call 618-0009.
■The Lucas Volunteer Fire
Department meets at 7 p.m. at
the Lucas Fire Station.
■The Collin County Char-
ter Chapter of the American
Business Women’s Associa-
tion meets at 6:45 p.m. at the
Harvey Hotel in Plano. For more
information, call Lynn Rogers at
727-4609 or Betty Taylor at 548-
0396.
Thursday
■ The City of Allen Muni-
cipal Court meets at 2 p.m. at
the municipal courtroom in the
police and courts building.
■The City of Allen Plan-
ning and Zoning Commission
meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Allen
Municipal Annex, One Butler
Circle.
■An arthritis support
group meets from 2 to 3 p.m. in
Classroom Two of the North
Texas Medical Center, 1800 N.
Graves St. For more information,
call Cindy Long at (214) 548-
5348.
■The Allen Kiwanis Club
meets at noon at TaMolli’s res-
taurant. For more information,
call Kris Kistner at 727-1137.
■ The Allen Childcare
Association meets at St. Jude
Catholic Church. For more in-
formation, call 727-1701 or 727-
6713.
■The VFW Auxiliary busi-
ness meeting begins at 7 p.m.
■The Prairie & Timbers
Audubon Society meets at 7
p.m. for refreshments, with the
program beginning at 7:30. For
more information, call Gene Dup-
rey at 424-7403.
■The Precious Moments
“Good Friends are Forever”
club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the
Haggard Library in Plano. For
more information, call 423-3122.
■ A non-denominational di-
vorce support group meets at
7 p.m. at the First United
Methodist Church of Allen. For
more information, call 390-9502.
Irregular meetings
■ The Allen Adult Right-to-
Read Council meets irregular-
ly. For more information, call
Marsha Patterson at 727-0505.
■ The Allen Jaycees meet
on an irregular basis. For more
information, call 390-0586.
Monday
■The Allen Bi-Weekly
Club meets from 7 to 9 p.m. For
more information, call Glenda
Ford at 727-3306.
■Persons Reaching Indi-
viduals for Dyslexic Educa-
tion meets at 7 p.m. at the Allen
High School library. For more in-
formation, call Audrey Covington
at 727-2979.
■The St. Jude Catholic
Church Women’s Club meets
at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
■The Allen Chapter of
Alcoholics Anonymous meets
at 6:30 p.m. For more informa-
tion, call 727-8343.
■Narcotics Anonymous
meets 8 p.m. at 2417 Virginia
Parkway in McKinney. For more
information, call 548-0130.
more interest on its investments.”
Sharp said that eliminating the
"float time” gets the money into the
treasury three days sooner. Every
million dollars that is deposited re-
sults in $134 per day in additional
interest.
The electronic filing system also
saves taxpayers hours spent gather-
ing data and filling out tax forms, said
Bill Benda, a tax accountant for Star
Enterprise, a Port Arthur refinery
that has used the system.
Currently, 4,598 state tax
accounts are collected via electronic
Haired Legislature gave highest ---------------
priority to and hopes the state Two-thirds of taxes
Legislature will consider when it 1 :111..
convenes next year. deposited electronically
The Texas Silver-Haired Legisla- AUSTIN — Two-thirds of the
ture adopted 36 resolutions to pre- more than $21.7 billion in tax re-
sent to the state Legislature when it venue deposited into the state treas-
Donvenes in January. ury during fiscal year 1994 came
Others receiving high priority in- from electronic transfers, said State
eluded: preserving the present Comptroller John Sharp.
Texas Homestead act, expanding “Nearly 66 percent of our tax re-
venue — about $14.3 billion — is
now collected through electronic funds transfer,
funds transfer,” he said. “The Sharp added, “We want to con-
money moves directly from the tax- tinue making our electronic tax filing
payer’s bank account to the state system more user-friendly and
treasury, saving mailing and proces- adding more taxpayers to the
sing time, and earning the state system.”
options for independent living, sup-
porting “Zero Tolerance” discipline
in schools, and increasing state fund-
ing for the Texas Department on
Aging.
The 116 members of the Silver-
Haired Legislature met in a general
session in Austin last week to submit
and debate.
The Silver-Haired Legislature is
made up of members elected from
28 areas for two-year terms by reg-
istered voters who are age 60 and
older.
Births
Clark
James Daniel Clark was born Aug.
30, 1994, at Trinity Medical Center
in Carrollton, weighing 7 pounds, 11
ounces, to Linda and Brian Clark.
Grandparents are Evelyn and Carl
Clark of Round Rock, Winnona and
Darrell Bridgeford of Alva, Okla.,
and Laura Montgomery and Art Bla-
howski of Lucas.
Reitinger
Spenser Morris Reitinger was
born Aug. 25, 1994, at Baylor-
Richardson, weighing 8 pounds, 2
ounces, to Vicki and Andy Reitinger
of Allen.
Grandparents are Sue and John
Reitinger of Fairview and Phyllis and
Larry Morris of China Grove,
Texas.
He joins a brother, Taylor, who is
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